BAY PORT, MI — During a family trip to a fish festival in Bay Port years ago, Mike Snyder came across a historical marker planted alongside M-25, almost by accident. “Great Fire of 1881” the ...

And the other was the Great Michigan Fire, which covered about 2.5 million acres across Michigan, from Holland and Manistee to Port Huron. The Peshtigo fire is considered by a wide margin to be ...

“Great Fire of 1881” the marker read, followed by a 90-word summation of one of the deadliest — perhaps the deadliest — fire events in Michigan history. Snyder is a historian who knows a ...

He said the fire was able to spread so quickly because of strong winds, which were blowing at speeds of up to 45 mph near ...

Officers were called to the fire at Singleton's home on Eastern Avenue SE near Alexander Street SE at about 7:22 a.m. Saturday. Previous coverage: Michigan mother arrested, facing charges in house ...

It’s time to take heed and assessment. While It’s been over a century, the “Great Michigan Fire” burned 2.5 million acres in 1871. Making it the third-largest wildfire in U.S. history.

MT. MORRIS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A 66-year-old Michigan man died in a house fire on Saturday after he was unable to leave his home due to "severe hoarding," police say. According to the Mt.

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Three children died in a weekend house fire in suburban Detroit, authorities said. A 16-year-old girl and two boys, ages 15 and 12, could not escape the fire Sunday night, ...